ADB is supporting the Government of Nepal to address flood risk in the Terai region through the Priority River Basins Flood Risk Management Project. One key output expected of the Project is that flood protection infrastructure and its maintenance is improved through development of an Asset Management System (AMS).

ADB appointed the joint venture of ICEM Asia Consulting Pte Ltd and GEOCE Consultants (P) Ltd to provide Technical Transactional Technical Assistance (TRTA) consulting services (TA-6568 NEP: Priority River Basins Flood Risk Management Project – TACF TA Consulting Firm for Flood Risk Management and Asset Management Support (52195-001)) to develop and take into operation the AMS for flood protection and mitigation infrastructure assets using a geographic information system. TRTA engaged Softwel (P) Ltd to prepare the required AMS software and associated mobile application.

The AMS is the web-based solution prepared for management of flood protection and mitigation infrastructure assets having functionalities to:

• Integrate and provide online access, maintain and update relevant GIS data on flood protection infrastructure assets built by DWRI, provincial/local government and other agencies,
• Capture visual inspection reports of the physical status of the assets by field offices, government agencies and communities using the mobile application on smart phones or tablets,
• Regularly monitor the condition and safety of assets and rationally assess the need and nature of maintenance and emergency flood remediation,
• Provide relevant information to decision makers regarding repair and maintenance of assets including emergency remediation, in particular reaches and also for planning of new assets,
• Provide spatial information including river morphology, legacy data, drawings and plans of existing, ongoing and proposed embankments, flood maps, geotechnical reports, maintenance reports, inspection reports, operation and maintenance manuals, flood remediation reports, hydraulic models, and technical studies to users related to flood disaster management,
• Generate relevant reports and maps.